Wire package-holding device



Dec. 6, 1927.

n l 651 664 c. E. BOWERS WIRE PACKAGE HOLDING DEVICE Filed Jan, 4. 192e If l I i; 1I l ii I Il I N V EN TOR. C/.Auas f. BowfRs ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. v6, 1927.

CLAUDE n. BoWEns, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA] Winn PACKAGE-nomine DEVICE.

Application fle'rl January 4, 1926. /Serialf No. 79,183.'V

rlhis invention relates more specifically to a device for holding packaged materials 1n immovable relation to hollow paper' rolls.

A main object ofthe invention is'toprovide adevice formed of aA single piece of wire,

F paper rolls.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent from the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a longitudinal section of one end of a hollow paper roll showing the package holding device secured thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the device applied to a roll, the packages of material being omitted therefrom.

Fig.l 3 is a perspective view of the device.

"Fig 4 is a detail perspective View vof the device with packages mounted therein, a portion of a paper roll to which the device is secured being shown.

Fig.' 'is a detail perspective view of the roll engaging end of a. modified form of the device.

Referring now to the drawings'fdesignates the package holding device which is preferablyformed of a single length of wire of a sufhciently heavy gauge to prevent accidental deformation during handling. In the formation of the device a vertically 'disposed member 6 is provided, the distance between its ends equalling the combined length of the packages of materials that are to be mounted in the holder. The lower end of member 6 is bent at right angles thereto in the form of a package supporting loop 7, and its upper end is bent at substantially right angles thereto to form a package engaging portion 8, itsV length being substantially onehalf the diameter of the opening S of the paper roll 9 to which the device is attached.

The wire is again bent at the end of portion 8 at right angles thereto to form a portion 11, of a length equal to the portion 8. the two portions forming a right angle and serving as a support for the packaged articles when Placed between ,Said portiers @ad the king a handling operation.

lower looped yportion 7, lshown inFigf4. I

In order to form a means for suspending the' device 1 withinl thev opening 9 of the roll, theendof portion 11'is bent toform a verticalr portion 12, the upper end -beingbent horizontally as at 13, and again bentdownf wardly as at 14 in .parallel rotation to portion `11g-to form aclampingjaw' 15.- ,The extreme endv of portion 14 is bent upwardly and atan angle tov said portion to form a 14 has been inserted between the windings of the paper roll. Y In securing the package holding device to a roll of roofing paper, the operator after the winding o f theroll iscompleted takes a packages of nails 17 ,and a can of roofingl cement 18, such articlesbeing. used by the` workmen when laying roofs, and places the same between the loop 7 and the horizontally` disposed portions 8, 11. The device with the packages secured thereto is then inserted withinthe roll opening 9, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and the operator forces the member 14 of theclamping jaw 15 downwards'between two adjacent windings of the roll, the inner member 12 ofthe aw engaging the cylindrical surface of the opening 9 thereby firmly clampingthe laps of the paper therebetween, the distance between the jaw members 12 and 14 being slightly less than the thickness of about tive laps of paper. j

The wedge portion 16,'acts as an additional lsafeguard in the prevention of the accidental* detachment of the device from the roll dur- By `forming a Yportion 16 that acts as a wedge rwhen portion Snf clamping v`jaw at the upper end. of the device above the package supporting members 8 and 11 the deviceuwill be supported below the end surface of the roll, thereby protecting theupper end of the package adjacent the clamping jaw from injury. Y

In Fig. 5, a modified form i'sillustrated which is substantially'the same as the form heretofore described with the single exception of the clampingjaw. In this form the end of portion 11 is bent downwardly to form a roll engaging portion 20, its end `21 being flattened to facilitate its insertion be tween the roll laps. In order to prevent van f accidental disengagementof the roll engagf ing portion 2O the said portion is bent intermediate its ends to form a curved 'or humped portion asat22, that will tend to:

firmly hold the roll engaging member 2Q in v engagemem; 3th@ Y 3911?.:

vIt will bez noted that when. the device, is inserted within the opening 9 of 'the-'roll that the vertical portion 6 Will engage the peaccidental movement,

` l. Aidevicefor-holdingpackages in hollow paper rolls eomprisingiafsingle length of'wire having a vertically :disposed body portion, the ends of said portion being bent at substantially rightangfles thereto to? form package engagingl and supportingportions,

the-Wire beyond the end of one-of said=en gaging portionsfbeing bent-upwardly and then downwardly and disposed in a. lplane parallel to the body portion' to form a roll engaging end. f

2. A device of the class described comprising a single length of' Wire bent to form a vertically disposed body portion, one end of said body portion being` bent at right angles .into a -looped form, the opposite end being bent into right angled portions disposed at right angles tothe body portion, the looped and right angled portions `forming supports for packages disposed therebetween, anda clampiportion. formed onfthe outer end of said clamp iforming` a roll: engagingmeans.

In; Witness that I claim the foregoingl have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th vda-yof December, 1925.

GLAUDE E. .BoWERsr Y .said `rightangled portions, oneY memberv of 

